Supervisor Kevin Tollisen and three councilmen selected Jordan on Friday to fill the seat of Councilman Craig Hayner, who becomes Saratoga County clerk on Jan. 1. Board members will vote on the unanimous decision at Tuesday night's board meeting, Tollisen said.

Seven people interviewed for the post, including Deanna Stephenson, a Democrat who narrowly lost election to the board last month. Tollisen said the Town Board met in pairs to interview candidates, and also to discuss the issue, to avoid a quorum, which may have required them to hold their deliberations in public. He said Jordan was chosen for her "government experience."

"All seven had great qualifications and great benefits they would provide to the town," the supervisor said. He invited the unsuccessful candidates to serve on the town's new business-economic development and residential relations committees.

A member of the Halfmoon Republican Committee, Jordan, 54, has served on the Halfmoon Zoning and Planning boards and Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library Board of Trustees. She works as legislative director for Marchione, who previously served as Halfmoon supervisor and county clerk. Jordan was the pick of the town GOP Committee, which recently met and voted to endorse her for the Town Board seat. The committee's vice chairman is John Hickock, who is Marchione's son.

Halfmoon council members make $11,415 a year. Jordan would face a special election in November. Board seats are four-year terms. The seat being vacated by Hayner would also be up for a full-term election in 2015.

Stephenson, 47, received more than 2,260 votes in last month's Town Board election, but lost to incumbents Paul Hotaling and Walter Polak. On Friday, she said she was disappointed with the board's choice, but would keep an open mind about serving on a town committee.

"It was a chance to open a door, give Halfmoon a new dimension and bring new blood to the table," Stephenson said. "I am hoping the board did not succumb to outside pressures on this, but in my heart of hearts, I think those pressures prevailed."